Increased respiratory morbidity associated with exposure to a mature volcanic plume from a large Icelandic fissure eruption
Abstract The 2014–15 Holuhraun eruption in Iceland was the largest fissure eruption in over 200 years, emitting prodigious amounts of gas and particulate matter into the troposphere. Reykjavík, the capital area of Iceland (250 km from eruption site) was exposed to air pollution events from advection...
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crspringernat:10.1038/s41467-021-22432-5 2023-05-15T16:48:01+02:00 Increased respiratory morbidity associated with exposure to a mature volcanic plume from a large Icelandic fissure eruption Carlsen, Hanne Krage Ilyinskaya, Evgenia Baxter, Peter J. Schmidt, Anja Thorsteinsson, Throstur Pfeffer, Melissa Anne Barsotti, Sara Dominici, Francesca Finnbjornsdottir, Ragnhildur Gudrun Jóhannsson, Thorsteinn Aspelund, Thor Gislason, Thorarinn Valdimarsdóttir, Unnur Briem, Haraldur Gudnason, Thorolfur Icelandic Centre for Research 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22432-5 http://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-22432-5.pdf http://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-22432-5 en eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Nature Communications volume 12, issue 1 ISSN 2041-1723 General Physics and Astronomy General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology General Chemistry journal-article 2021 crspringernat https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22432-5 2022-01-04T16:24:00Z Abstract The 2014–15 Holuhraun eruption in Iceland was the largest fissure eruption in over 200 years, emitting prodigious amounts of gas and particulate matter into the troposphere. Reykjavík, the capital area of Iceland (250 km from eruption site) was exposed to air pollution events from advection of (i) a relatively young and chemically primitive volcanic plume with a high sulphur dioxide gas (SO 2 ) to sulphate PM (SO 4 2− ) ratio, and (ii) an older and chemically mature volcanic plume with a low SO 2 /SO 4 2− ratio. Whereas the advection and air pollution caused by the primitive plume were successfully forecast and forewarned in public advisories, the mature plume was not. Here, we show that exposure to the mature plume is associated with an increase in register-measured health care utilisation for respiratory disease by 23% (95% CI 19.7–27.4%) and for asthma medication dispensing by 19.3% (95% CI 9.6–29.1%). Absence of public advisories is associated with increases in visits to primary care medical doctors and to the hospital emergency department. We recommend that operational response to volcanic air pollution considers both primitive and mature types of plumes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Reykjavík Reykjavík Springer Nature (via Crossref) Holuhraun ENVELOPE(-16.831,-16.831,64.852,64.852) Reykjavík Nature Communications 12 1 |
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Abstract The 2014–15 Holuhraun eruption in Iceland was the largest fissure eruption in over 200 years, emitting prodigious amounts of gas and particulate matter into the troposphere. Reykjavík, the capital area of Iceland (250 km from eruption site) was exposed to air pollution events from advection of (i) a relatively young and chemically primitive volcanic plume with a high sulphur dioxide gas (SO 2 ) to sulphate PM (SO 4 2− ) ratio, and (ii) an older and chemically mature volcanic plume with a low SO 2 /SO 4 2− ratio. Whereas the advection and air pollution caused by the primitive plume were successfully forecast and forewarned in public advisories, the mature plume was not. Here, we show that exposure to the mature plume is associated with an increase in register-measured health care utilisation for respiratory disease by 23% (95% CI 19.7–27.4%) and for asthma medication dispensing by 19.3% (95% CI 9.6–29.1%). Absence of public advisories is associated with increases in visits to primary care medical doctors and to the hospital emergency department. We recommend that operational response to volcanic air pollution considers both primitive and mature types of plumes. |
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Carlsen, Hanne Krage Ilyinskaya, Evgenia Baxter, Peter J. Schmidt, Anja Thorsteinsson, Throstur Pfeffer, Melissa Anne Barsotti, Sara Dominici, Francesca Finnbjornsdottir, Ragnhildur Gudrun Jóhannsson, Thorsteinn Aspelund, Thor Gislason, Thorarinn Valdimarsdóttir, Unnur Briem, Haraldur Gudnason, Thorolfur |
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Increased respiratory morbidity associated with exposure to a mature volcanic plume from a large Icelandic fissure eruption |
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Increased respiratory morbidity associated with exposure to a mature volcanic plume from a large Icelandic fissure eruption |
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Increased respiratory morbidity associated with exposure to a mature volcanic plume from a large Icelandic fissure eruption |
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